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The Strange Circulatory System Of Insects

July 26th, 2016

Humans possess what is referred to as a “closed circulatory system,” which means that our blood is contained within veins, arteries, capillaries and the heart. Insects, on the other hand, are quite different, as they do not have all these blood transporting networks. Instead, insects, and all arthropods, have what is called an “open circulatory…